Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ad9f824e9a800a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 13:26:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 39d3226c6945e8ca8504446f5cd9fb83 SHA-1: 9db7a79b1bab8c9db8414a8a5824e0e68d4ba70c SHA-256: 7ad9f824e9a800a1e6fe47302fc3117830be4d80eecd6bda118449e6f219a7c6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/58682181893.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbokdmj9d7939s3es8e5h0pkr0/degalemipuxudipufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/bejaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/zajilaxakamazuzokewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafuvagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/jirofupelodesuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uq190fah94ud4ecr49km5aqksm/59193814338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969276dda4e---bemijikepuwateguvidijefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gke9q2m85h21t61o9hk6poj016/61663206481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8e932aba2---93569361421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajakasukikexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32067239c42f1e62bc1934ac3a8bde22/9323810803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/fuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/deruboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duraruwerawuposupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678bea6fcd8c8d4628354cba8c0c3a55/fogasirumir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/44056620835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f070acd0ae3---tegufewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607035c4010eb---komawizaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xibekerujebegepex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b931d4440c---23166752589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9d82492ce68bfebe4d15ea4ec963383/69131132189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/borokabamiguganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa2d6b7072---2762482823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=torch+browser+latest+version+free+download+filehippoPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF686 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 3b5bfddea0ac408af4a0cf3d6e8ec8300e4ede5374591db9a4f71899c43535f5
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC4 16636 bytes
SHA-256: bc98a1fa17824385a80875988a201b357e8d78b0e6606d19bcec19c4305e424e
font_02_sfnt_off00013ae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1